Status: 08/23/2022 10:50 a.m
Shortly after an online comment on the case of the 43 abducted students, journalist Roman was shot dead in Chilpancingo, southern Mexico. According to media reports, the local reporter was killed by unknown persons in his car.
Another journalist has been killed in Mexico. According to the public prosecutor, Fredid Román was shot dead. According to media reports, he was killed in his car by armed assailants on a motorcycle. The crime took place in Chilpancingo, the capital of the state of Guerrero in the south of the country.
Shot after Facebook post
Shortly before, the journalist had commented on Facebook about the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico eight years ago. Under the headline “State crimes without charges against the boss”, the journalist also mentioned an alleged meeting of four government officials at the time of the students’ disappearance. Among them was the then Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam, who was arrested on August 19 of this year, according to a new report by a truth commission.
Arrests in the case of the kidnapped students
Prosecutors had issued arrest warrants for 44 police officers, 20 members of the armed forces and 14 members of the Guerreros Unidos drug gang in connection with the students who were abducted in 2014 and recently pronounced dead. In its report, the truth commission spoke of a “state crime”.
Motive still unclear
Among other things, Román ran an online news program. The show “The Reality of Guerrero” revolved around politics in the drug gang-plagued state.
The journalist was shot in his car.
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However, it is still unclear whether Román was killed because of his work. At least 150 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000, and 15 this year. Most cases remain unsolved.
Independent journalist Juan Arjón López was recently found dead in the Mexican state of Sonora. According to prosecutors, he was killed. According to the organization Reporters Without Borders, Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for media representatives.